Timeline for Replace gas patio heater with what size electric?
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| Mar 23, 2021 at 22:33 | comment | added | David Pfeffer | @Decapod Yes, I am an engineer and I understand units of energy. Without understanding the effective efficiency of the unit, however, you won't know what equivalent you need in another form. In this case, there's tons of convective loss on the gas heater that isn't present on the electric. | |
| Mar 10, 2021 at 7:06 | comment | added | Decapod | @DavidPfeffer. BTU/hr and kW/hr refers to the energy output of the units. The input units or energy required to obtain the output is always higher. The difference between input and output reflects the efficiency | |
| Mar 8, 2021 at 15:54 | comment | added | blacksmith37 | You are confusing location and the reflector design with efficiency. | |
| Oct 9, 2020 at 12:14 | history | edited | batsplatsterson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 5, 2020 at 16:17 | comment | added | David Pfeffer | @blacksmith37 No, that's not correct. If the electric heater is 100% efficient and the gas one is 0.00001% efficient, you would feel no heat from the gas one and plenty from the electric one. Efficiency has everything to do with it. | |
| Feb 3, 2020 at 16:57 | comment | added | blacksmith37 | Watt to BTU conversion factor is 3.41214........ ; efficiency has nothing to do with it. | |
| Apr 22, 2017 at 15:03 | comment | added | David Pfeffer | You can't convert 42,000 BTU/hr directly to 12,300W because of the significant differences in efficiency between the two units. The electric ones will be substantially more efficient. | |
| Apr 22, 2017 at 14:49 | history | answered | Decapod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |